Vital greening advice available for farmers at Tillage Live 2014
Farmers attending the Tillage Live 2014 agricultural event in Gloucestershire next week can talk with Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) experts on how new European ‘greening’ environmental measures will affect them. The latest Defra Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) leaflet is available at the event, held at the Down Ampney airfield near Cirencester on Wednesday 10 September. […]
New appointments at Limagrain UK
Plant breeders Limagrain UK, part of Group Limagrain, the largest plant breeder and seed development company in the UK and Europe, are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Managing Director for the UK-based business, following the retirement of current MD, Peter Snowden. Lee Robinson, currently Sales and Marketing director for Limagrain UK will […]
Mild winter impacts trading results for Countrywide Farmers
Leading supplier of products and advice to the rural community, Countrywide Farmers, today announced full year results to 31st May 2014 as the mild winter of 2013/14 and a falling commodity market significantly impacted the financial performance Figures released today reveal a 2.5% fall in group turnover to £298.2m(2013: £306.0m) and a fall in operating […]
Egg-static about Co-Op deal
The family company, L J Fairburn and Son Limited, is ecstatic with a deal to supply all 77 Lincolnshire Co-op stores with Fairburn’s Lincolnshire Free Range Eggs. Fairburn’s are very proud to be going back to their roots, after a long history supplying co-operative societies. In the early 1960s Leslie James Fairburn supplied co-operative shops […]
Lloyds Bank Agriculture in new 3-year commitment to Prince’s Countryside Fund
Lloyds Bank Agriculture has announced its intention to commit substantial funding over the next three years to rural charity The Prince’s Countryside Fund. Set up by HRH The Prince of Wales, the Fund supports the multitude of organisations and individuals working to keep farmers in business and rural communities alive. Helen Aldis from the Fund’s […]
Charlie Maclaren joins NBA Board
The National Beef Association [NBA] has just announced the appointment to its Board of commercial expert in animal nutrition and management Charlie Maclaren. Based in Dumfries in the Borders, he owns and runs MVT Scotland, a specialist animal health company with a science-based focus on minerals, vitamins. Charlie joined the NBA many years ago, and […]
New details on CAP implementation announced
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has today announced further details of what the new CAP greening rules will mean for English farmers, whilst calling on the EU to provide urgent clarity on the outstanding issues and review the three crop rule. The new guidance aims, within the constraints set by Brussels, to be as simple and […]
The Dairy Council strengthens its team with two key appointments
The Dairy Council has announced the appointments of Dr Anne Mullen as Director of Nutrition and Lydia Cooper as their new Nutrition Scientist. Dr Anne Mullen has been a lecturer in Nutrition at King’s College London since 2008 and prior to this was a Research Fellow in the Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research Unit […]
AGCO Corporation appoints Mark Casement to head sales and aftersales operations in UK and Ireland
AGCO a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and infrastructure is proud to announce, the appointment of Mark Casement as Director Sales and Country Manager for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Effective from 1 August 2014, Mark succeeds to the position held previously by David Sleath, who has taken early retirement to focus […]
